South Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled

South Africa
355,438
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
3.65 million
in 2018
South Africa rank
32nd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
29th

Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled over time

  • South Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M197019942018

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 3.65 million against 355,438 in South Africa, a difference of 3.30 million.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 10.3 times South Africa's.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

South Africa ranks 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 29th of 201 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1980s 39,731 1.31 million 1.27 million Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s 84,245 1.52 million 1.43 million Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 247,628 2.20 million 1.96 million Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 308,704 3.32 million 3.01 million Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled, South Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa, at 3.65 million against 355,438 in South Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled between South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
3.30 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?
29 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2017.
How do South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled?
South Africa ranks 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 29th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

South Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/secondary-education-vocational-pupils-gaps-filled/south-africa/sub-saharan-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/secondary-education-vocational-pupils-gaps-filled/south-africa/sub-saharan-africa/">South Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
244 places, 8,915 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, vocational pupils with 606 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.